Then Came Bronson-Now on DVD!

[Dusty Ayres]

A Harley Roadster, a bedroll, a lonely stretch of highway: Jim Bronson (Michael Parks) is traveling where the road and the day take him, trying to make sense of things after the suicide of his close friend. He doesn’t go far along a magnificent stretch of California’s coastal Big Sur before he meets Temple Brooks (Bonnie Bedelia), a runway bride just as adrift as Jim is. Together, they’ll ride that Harley all the way to New Orleans. Together, they might find what they’re looking for. The pilot film for the same-titled 26-episode TV series, Then Came Bronson – seen here in an international version that has footage not seen in U.S. telecasts – came along in the free-wheeling era of Easy Rider. Hop on.

Then Came Bronson

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

A Harley Roadster, a bedroll, a lonely stretch of highway: Jim Bronson (Michael Parks) is traveling where the road and the day take him, trying to make sense of things after the suicide of his close friend. He doesn’t go far along a magnificent stretch of California’s coastal Big Sur before he meets Temple Brooks (Bonnie Bedelia), a runway bride just as adrift as Jim is. Together, they’ll ride that Harley all the way to New Orleans. Together, they might find what they’re looking for. The pilot film for the same-titled 26-episode TV series, Then Came Bronson – seen here in an international version that has footage not seen in U.S. telecasts – came along in the free-wheeling era of Easy Rider. Hop on.

Like a topless scene by a young Bonnie Bedelia!

 

[ToddPence]

Darn - I was hoping it would be a release of the whole series. Still good news.

 

[Forbin]

Oh wow, man. Gotta get this one.

 

[Expo67]

Give it time. If the people at Warner Brothers have any sense, they will release the entire series on Blu-Ray.

*Star Trek veterans James Doohan, Steve Ihnat, and Morgan Woodward were among the guest stars of the 1969-1970 NBC television series.

 

[scotpens]

Then Came Bronson was basically the Route 66 formula cut in half: Instead of two guys bumming around the country in a Corvette, it was one guy bumming around the country on a motorcycle. I always wanted to call it Route 33.

Very much a product of its time, with Michael Parks doing his James-Dean-by-way-of-Marlon-Brando thing.

 

[ToddPence]

Then Came Bronson was basically the Route 66 formula cut in half: Instead of two guys bumming around the country in a Corvette, it was one guy bumming around the country on a motorcycle. I always wanted to call it Route 33.

Mad magazine had the same idea at the time:

 

[shepguy]

Darn - I was hoping it would be a release of the whole series. Still good news.

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You CAN get the whole series. Check out: www.michaelpark4u.com . A few paragraphs down on the Home page, it says where you can buy the series. Also check out the "Then Came Bronson" section (top menu tab to the right). There's several pages of video clips from the first 20 episodes. Another great TCB site to explore is www.jimbronson.com
Enjoy...

 

[ToddPence]

A couple of great resources, thanks for the links.